How to copy files only if the source is newer than the destination in Python?

Question

I\'m writing a script to copy compiled files from one location to another.

What I have at the moment is something like this:

import os
import shutil         


        

Answer 1

To build on AndiDog's answer, if you have files that might not exist in the destination folder:

# copy file if destination is older by more than a second, or does not exist
if (not os.path.exists(dest)) or (os.stat(src).st_mtime - os.stat(dest).st_mtime > 1) :
    shutil.copy2 (src, dest)